Bad Character on XML export

On exporting to xml i get 100s of bad characters. Like below:
The problem is highlighted in yellow. It is a small square not a zero. Any thoughts on how to remove this on XML export...I have no idea where to begin.
Michael D

Michael,
If Russ is right (which is quite likely) you will find the code for that character is 13 (aka Carriage Return). You can remove those useless characters by from FrameMaker documents by MIF washing or simply by searching for \x0D and replacing by nothing.
If not, it is still useful to know which code is behind the character. Any decent text editor has a binary mode which would give you the hex codes.
- Michael M.-H.

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